Chapter 8: Encounters

"Thank you for saving my sister. ”

I saw a little girl dressed in brown carrying a bowl of hot tea to the wooden table next to the bed.

"You're welcome, this is what I'm supposed to do..."Qiu Yuanxue responded as she sat on the bed.

"By the way, do you have any other family members?"

After that, she took out the sachet containing the red pill from her coat pocket and opened it to look at it, only to find that there were three red pills in it before, but now there is only one left, and then she looked at her pocket pocket and the bottom of the bag before she suddenly realized that the pocket and the bottom of the bag had been cut a long opening.

"Could it be that it was cut at that time?" said Qiu Yuanxue after thinking about it carefully.

She remembered that when she had fought the Scythe Demon Beast before, she had accidentally slipped into her waist pocket while dodging its scythe attack. The pill may have fallen to the ground at that time, and he didn't notice it because he was fighting against the demon beast.

"Alas..... It seems that I have even asked for help from my master. Qiu Yuanxue looked at the only life-saving pill in her hand and sighed.

"Sister, have you lost something?" the little girl asked with concern when she saw Qiu Yuanxue looking at the red pill in her hand with some worry.

"Oh... I haven't lost anything, little sister, do you have any other relatives at home?" Qiu Yuanxue came back to her senses, she put the pill in her mouth and chewed it, then picked up the tea on the table and took a sip before asking.

"There is no more ..... except for Daddy," said the little girl, crying sadly.

Looking at this poor girl, she couldn't help but think of herself who also lost her relatives eight years ago, Qiu Yuanxue gently wiped the tears on the girl's cheeks with her hands and said with a smile: "Don't cry, so that my sister knows someone who can take you to a safe place, where you can live more comfortably, okay?"

"Well, thank you, sister. The little girl nodded.

In this way, Qiu Yuanxue took a brief rest and went on the road with a little girl who had lost her parents, and the two walked side by side holding hands on the jungle path.

The warm sun shone into the jungle, and a gentle breeze blew through the treetops, and the leaves swayed in the wind.

"By the way, little sister, my name is Qiu Yuanxue, you can just call me Sister Xue, what's your name?" Qiu Yuanxue asked the little girl with a smile.

"Qiu Lingling. The little girl replied.

"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, your name is the same as mine, rest assured that you will grow up in the future. Remember my sister's words, as long as you keep working hard, you will have nothing to fear anymore. Qiu Yuanxue stopped, she bent down and stroked the girl's head with her hand and said.

"Well, thank you sister for your teachings. The little girl replied with a bright smile.

Then the two continued to walk all the way, and I don't know how long it took to come to a place called Xuanling Hall, which was located halfway up the mountain, and in the perfect place of paradise stood several large square brick houses, some with two-story attics, some with wide corridors, and the brick houses surrounded the city, and in the center was a courtyard with several stone piers and a stone table.

On the plaque above the gate in front of the courtyard is the golden character of Xuanling Hall.

"Wow...... It's so big here, sister, do you usually live here?" said the little girl, with her eyes wide open in curiosity.

"Well, this is usually a place for my sister and me to heal, okay, let's go in. Qiu Yuanxue introduced.

Then Xue came to the closed door of the Xuanling Hall, stretched out her hand, and knocked lightly on the door, "Knock knock!"

"Who's that? A girl's voice came from behind the door

With the sound of footsteps, the closed door slowly opened, and I saw a girl in a white green coat with a bag poking her head out.

"Ah, it turned out that the senior sister came back, why did she bring a child?" The girl said with a smile when she saw Qiu Yuanxue.

"It's a long story, let's go into the house and talk about it. Qiu Yuanxue looked down at the child, hesitated for a while, and then said to the girl.

In this way, Qiu Yuanxue and the little girl walked into the courtyard of the Xuanling Hall, although the whole courtyard is not big, but the courtyard still feels very wide, a lush willow tree grows next to the stone table in the center of the courtyard, and there are also dwarf saplings standing in the corners of the surrounding walls, the ground of the yard is made of solid stone slabs, because there are always people cleaning and cleaning, and there is no trace of fallen leaves or even dust on the ground, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

"It's back, how much medicine do I have left for you?" I saw a woman with her hair tied and dressed in a blue dress come out of the central hall in front of the courtyard and asked.

This woman's name is: Yue Xiuying, she used to be the eighth head of the Kunlun Immortal Sect, but she resigned from her position as the head of the sect due to a private matter and retreated to the immortal mountain of this paradise, and established a medicine hall of Xuanling Hall.

"Master, I'm back, I've used your medicine twice, but I accidentally lost the rest of the pills. Qiu Yuanxue bowed and said.

"Hello Auntie. The little girl beside Qiu Yuanxue greeted politely.

"Who is Xue?" asked Yue Xiuying, looking at the little girl beside Qiu Yuanxue.

"It was on the way that I met her parents, who had sacrificed themselves in the hope of finding a place to live here. Qiu Yuanxue responded.

"Alright, Huan'er, go and entertain you. Yue Xiuying shouted to the girl who had just opened the door behind Xue.

"Yes, come to my little sister's side. When Huan'er heard this, she walked to Qiu Yuanxue's side and said to the little girl.

In this way, the little girl walked into the house under the leadership of the girl named Huan'er, and at this time, only Qiu Yuanxue and Yue Xiuying were left in the entire courtyard.

Yue Xiuying looked at Qiu Yuanxue with her keen eyes, and took a closer look from top to bottom, and found that Xue was injured in the waist, and the bright red blood stained her white clothes.

"You're hurt?" Yue Xiuying asked with a frown.

"It's just a small injury, and it's not to be feared. Qiu Yuanxue was afraid that her master would worry about herself, and hurriedly explained.

"Come into the house!" Yue Xiuying said to Qiu Yuanxue.

"Yes......" Qiu Yuanxue replied helplessly.

So Yue Xiuying and Qiu Yuanxue walked into the wide hall, in the center of the hall there was a long counter, behind the counter was a medicine cabinet full of various Chinese herbs, and the hall in the hall was a large number of wooden benches for patients to lie on to rest.

Yue Xiuying walked quickly to the counter, took out a bottle of gold sore medicine in the cabinet compartment containing medicine, walked to Qiu Yuanxue and said, "You take this." ”

"Thank you so much Master for your concern...... How much does this medicine cost?" Qiu Yuanxue found a bench and sat down, and said gratefully.

"No amount of money can buy back a life, and next time you remember that you can't simply deal with it if you are injured again, it is irresponsible for your own life. Yue Xiuying waved her hand, her brows tightened solemnly, revealing a serious expression.

Seeing the master say so sternly, he silently lowered his head.

"That's it, you go back to the room to rest first," Yue Xiuying looked at Xue's injured waist and blood was still flowing, so she comforted her with a concerned tone.

"Thank you, Master......" Xue stood up and bowed in thanks.

Qiu Yuanxue turned around and walked into the hall, Yue Xiuying sighed and looked at her departing back and said, "Alas...... It's still not worrying about being so big. ”

"Although she is very similar, after all, isn't it worth it for your biological daughter to do this?. I saw a woman with long black hair walk into the hall and say to Yue Xiuying, who was watching the snow leave.

"I know this, but the biggest regret of a person's life is that he did not fulfill his wish, and if he leaves with regret in the future, it is not worth it. Yue Xiuying said to the woman behind her while watching the back of the snow leaving.

At night, under the starry sky, the entire Lingxuan Hall seemed very silent, the disciples were all sleeping deeply, only one inconspicuous room was still lit by faint candlelight, through the window I saw Xue sitting next to the sleeper in her room and found a piece of gauze, she gently lifted the corner of her clothes and smeared the painful parts with the gold sore medicine given by the master.

At this moment, a sharp knock on the door was heard, "Knock knock!"

"Who is it?" Qiu Yuanxue hurriedly put the gold sore medicine on the shelf next to the bed, turned her head and shouted.

"It's for me, come and see. Yue Xiuying outside the door replied.

"Oh, it's Master, I'll come later. Qiu Yuanxue hurriedly responded.

After that, she simply tidied up and came to the door, and when she opened the door, she saw Yue Xiuying holding a neat and new white dress in her hand.

"Master, it's so late, do you have anything to do with me?" Qiu Yuanxue asked.

"Nothing else to do is just come and have a look, and take off your clothes and put on this one. Yue Xiuying put her clothes on Qiu Yuanxue's bed and turned around and said.

"Thank you so much Master for your concern, I will tidy up my clothes by myself so late, so I won't have to worry Master. Qiu Yuanxue explained with some embarrassment.

"Take it off. Yue Xiuying replied with a sideways face.

Helpless, Xue had no choice but to obey the master's arrangement, take off her broken clothes and put them on a brand new white dress.

After Xue finished changing clothes, Yue Xiuying turned around and took Xue's broken clothes and walked out of the house.

Qiu Yuanxue stood at the door and watched the back of the master's departure, and said with a grateful heart: "After so many years, I can't let the master worry about his own affairs anymore......"

After Yue Xiuying came to her room, she sat next to Zhuo with a candle lamp, put the snow-shattered clothes on the table, then opened the drawer of the table, took out a bundle of sewing thread and a silver needle inside, and sewed the snow's broken clothes under the faint candlelight.

Under this dim moonlight, everyone was asleep, and only Yue Xiuying was busy until late.

Meanwhile, Snow lay on her bed and fell asleep, and in the dream, she fell back into her memories......

Since all of Xue's relatives left eight years ago, she has been living a wandering life by herself, going to various towns and walking among the crowds of people until one day......

In the clear sky of Kaifeng City, the warm sun shines on a bustling street, the road is full of people, the vendors on both sides of the street are setting up stalls, there are selling steamed buns, some selling gold and silver hand ornaments, some selling rouge gouache and so on......

In a thriving restaurant, a fat customer happily walked out after finishing his meal and packing up the rest of his meal, but he had just walked a few steps when he suddenly stepped on an inconspicuous banana peel under his feet.

I saw that the soles of his feet slipped and fell directly to the ground, and the packed cage fell to the ground on its side.

"Oh, it hurts me, who is this? The man fell to the ground and cried out in pain.

At this moment, Qiu Yuanxue, who was thin and weak, quietly approached the man, she quickly picked up the cage and ran away, the man noticed it and hurriedly got up and shouted: "Hey! You little devil stop me! Catch the thief!"

In this way, Qiu Yuanxue ran briskly with the basket containing vegetables and rice, and the tall and fat man chased back and forth in the alley of the crowd, and finally Qiu Yuanxue successfully shook off the man's pursuit.

Then she came to a jungle on the outskirts of Kaifeng City, squatted beside a bush, opened the cage, grabbed the food with her hands and devoured it.

She was about to rest after she had eaten her fill, when suddenly she heard the voice of an adult woman not far away.

"You disgusting monsters, do you know how many lives this herb can save?"

Qiu Yuanxue followed the direction of the sound source, she groped along the grass and finally saw in the weeds not far away, a black long-haired woman with a basket on her back was surrounded by a large number of demon beasts, but the woman was not afraid to escape, she held a long sword in her hand, and her eyes glared angrily at the demon beasts surrounding her.